...in the pretty little Louisiana town of Natchitoches for the Carhartt College Central Regional.

Going to meet at 8pm tonight with the NW Louisiana State Bass Fishing team at the Library...i thought it was a bar since in college I was a bartender in a joint called The Library..but the team President told me, "No they only have books at this library." Hmmm

The second place team from Clemson University was just around the corner, so I figured, "A bird in the hand..."

As I pulled up, cameraman Wes Miller said, "You just missed the 4-pounder." That fish easily puts Clemson in front of Daytona State for at least three hours if the Oltorik brothers don't stop anywhere else first.

Since then, Clemson's Baylor Ronemus and Cole Tinsley have put another solid keeper in the boat.

The sun has finally broken through, something several anglers wanted. However the wind hasn't let up. If anything it's picked up a bit. Definitely a sustained 15 mph if not more. That's going to play a big factor today for some teams that made a long run. Several teams timed their runs down today. Hopefully they're able to tell the wind has picked up because the 45 minutes that it took to get into Lake George may be more like an hour and a half to make the return trip. There are few worse feelings than fishing in a canal all day and packing up to head back only to find waves crashing into the mouth of the canal.